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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Lots and Lots of Soap!!!

I am really behind on blogging! Yikes! I've made four batches of soap in the last four or five days. I'm thrilled with all of them!

On Sunday I made Pink Posy and Snow Soaps. I was wanting very light colored soaps after the Pink Sugar fiasco. Pink Posy is a beautiful soft floral blend of violets, gardenia, jasmine, and also a touch of grapefruit and vanilla. I enhanced the white and did an in-the-mold swirl in pale pink.

The other soap I made on Sunday is called Snow. It's been so hot that I really needed to focus on something cool. This soap is very winter-like in look and scent. It is scented with an essential oil blend of fir needle, eucalyptus, and peppermint. Not only does it have a 'cold' scent but it was also be cool and refreshing when we use it too.

This afternoon I made two more soaps and they are extremely colorful! The first I made is called Citrus Pop and it has a delightful scent blend of pink grapefruit and litsea essential oils. This blend is one of my favorites. This time I decided to play up the colors and colored it pink, yellow, orange, and green. It's very sherbet-y!

The second soap I made was a remake of Fruitylicious. The last time I made it, I used some yellow soap balls that promptly removed themselves from my soap upon cutting. Grr! I used six colors this time and it will be much more jazzy! This is a delicious fruity scent (thus Fruitlicious) and is a scent combo of leafy greens, pineapple, coconut, cherries, peaches, jasmine, violets, and a touch of vanilla.

I love using disposable cups because it's one less thing to wash up. I would like to get some big paper ones however to reduce the plastic waste. I started using the small paper ones to mix colors because it was such a mess to wash up the color containers, especially when using oxides. They were staining my sink!

Hi Fancy! Basically, like many others, I was trying to find a soap that wasn't so stripping to my skin. So I used some soap from Indigo Wild and fell in love. Soon I got tired of paying so much for just a sliver and so I started researching. I was immediately scared off by the books that I was reading. I ended up researching it again and the rest is history!

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Hi there and welcome to my blog!
I'm a wife and stay-at-home mom to three young children. I don't have a lot of free time but when I get a chance, I love to make soap!
You may recognize me from the name Sparklebrook and my older blog of the same name.
I have been making soap for over 7 years and I finally began selling my soaps in 2012. It's been a HOOT so far. Many thanks to all my wonderful customers, followers, and soap friends for making this addiction one heck of a fun ride!
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